Welcome to Laser Pointer Forums - discuss green laser pointers, blue laser pointers, and all types of lasers

Buy Site Supporter Role (remove some ads) | LPF Donations

Links below open in new window

FrozenGate by Avery

Anyone with experience on power poles?

T

Things

0
Joined
May 1, 2007
Messages
7,517
Points
0
I've driven past many power poles that have these little things (Made from ceramic by the looks of them) that look like some kind of ceramic capacitor. I haven't been able to find a pic of them on the internet, as I don't know what they are (and our power lines are underground in my suburb), but someone that knows or has worked up a power pole or in design should know what they are or could be?

Any idea's?

Cheers :)
 





I think you are talking about "Insulators" as far as I know.. there are
no capacitors on power poles as far as I know... 8-)

Jerry
 
Nah, I know what the insulators are, these are not. I know there can be caps on power lines for power factor correction, but these things are smaller than all the ones i've seen.
 
Do you mean the little 'circular parabolloid' (it sucks when you learn algebra in spanish) you find on the top of the poles? (3 or 4 of them one after another?).
 
Niko said:
Do you mean the little 'circular parabolloid' (it sucks when you learn algebra in spanish) you find on the top of the poles? (3 or 4 of them one after another?).
Click to expand...

I think what you're referring to are "insulators", which I'm guessing isn't what Things is looking for...

Here's a pic of insulators:
insulator_.jpg


I think the member here named DTMF has experience with telephone poles, maybe they'd know.
 
lol i just got down off a pole this morning . if they are like the one's in the pic above then yes they are insulators . the real old one's are made of glass ;)
 
Things, when you decypher what you were trying to say please let me know, I suddenly got interested :P
 
No, they aren't insulators, they are smooth looking (Non of those water ring things)

I can try get a pic next time i'm out, but we have underground power lines in my suburb, so I don't come by them alot

They look like fat, short, cylinders with a wire connected to the top somehow, and hang off the crossbars.
 
Nope, ive been looking at images all over thhe place, but can't find what I saw. I guess i'll just have to grab a pic of it next time I go by some.
 
Things said:
Nope, ive been looking  at images all over thhe place, but can't find what I saw. I guess i'll just have to grab a pic of it next time I go by some.
Click to expand...


Just a waiting game now then ? :P
 
If it was a pole pig, the power company sure has made some pretty HUGE improvements to their transformer design :P

These things are much smaller than pole pigs.

And yeah, I guess it's on hold till I go out of the house next :P
 
I think I know what it is... It is a power disconnect used when they work on Pole
transformers...or replace them... 8-)

Jerry
 
You must log in or register to reply here.





Back
Top